Proper Quotes

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The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s… — Paulo Coelho
Justice implies knowledge of the right and proper place for a thing or a being to be; of right as against wrong; of the mean… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease… — Wendell Berry
Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the… — Gena Showalter
There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me want to do shocking things. Maybe it's because you're so proper.… — Lisa Kleypas
...but I could not sleep without proper covering and spent the rest of the night rewriting lost arguments from my past, altering history so that… — Patrick deWitt
A woman, even a married woman, cannot float without proper escort. It is simply not done. — Gail Carriger
You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely… — Haruki Murakami
Friendship takes time and energy if it's going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn't last if you don't give it… — Betty White
Make time for prayer and reflection; try to understand your value as a man on earth but see, too, your proper place in the scheme… — Elizabeth Berg
I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did… — John Green
The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other way,… — D. H. Lawrence
What all the ads and whorescopes seemed to imply was that if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your… — Erica Jong
Lord Maccon, might we have words on the proper tying of a cravat? For my sanity’s sake? Lord Maccon was nonplussed. Professor Lyall, on the… — Gail Carriger
It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper… — Haruki Murakami
A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems… — Anton Chekhov
Thank you, Dain," she said. "I should like that very much. I've never seen a proper wrestling match before." "I daresay it will be a… — Loretta Chase
Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective. — David Eddings
It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. — Ellen DeGeneres
Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business. — John Green
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Christopher Robin was home by this time, because it was the afternoon, and he was so glad to see them that they stayed there until… — A A Milne
Do what ya have to do to pay off yer debt with Heaven,’ he said, his concern for proper speech abandoned. ‘But ya do not… — Jana Oliver
Tanith frowned. Did people still go on DATES any more? She was sure they did. They probably called it something different though. She tried to… — Derek Landy
Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought up, then you… — Lee Kuan Yew

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